Railway
First timber Railway Station at Yallourn Opening 1922
Year (OLD)
1922
Relationship
Arrival at Railway Station of Steam Locomotive D980 - probably first passenger train
Monty McKenna (Stationmaster) & Staff at Yallourn Railway Station - approx mid 40s
Year (OLD)
1945
Relationship
Monty McKenna and staff at the Yallourn Station approx mid 40's. Monty was assigned to Yallourn from approx 1942 until he retired in 1950.
Top row L-R: E G (Ted) Clarke, ? , ? , ? , ?
Bottom Row L-R: Chris Sparkes, Wilf Peters, Jack Collins, Tom Kennedy, Monty McKenna, Cliff Montague
Railway Station Train Ticket - Flinders St to Yallourn & Return 1964 - Memorabilia
Year (OLD)
1964
Relationship
Flinders St to Yallourn & Return - 28 March 1964 - kindly sent in by Wayne Tangey (YTS 1966)
Railway Station Train Ticket - Flinders St to Yallourn & Return 1960 - Memorabilia
Year (OLD)
1960
Relationship
Flinders St to Yallourn & Return - 20 February 1960 - kindly sent in by Wayne Tangey (YTS 1966)
Railway Station Train Ticket - Flinders St to Yallourn & Return 1959 - Memorabilia
Year (OLD)
1959
Relationship
Flinders St to Yallourn & Return - 21 November 1959 - kindly sent in by Wayne Tangey (YTS 1966)
Railway Station - 1922
Year (OLD)
1922
Relationship
Yallourn Railway line was opened in 1922 as a branch line headed north from the main Gippsland line, built to transport goods to and from the Power Station and Briquette Factory. People would often walk the line collecting the briquettes that had fallen from the wagons, they would use the briquettes to heat their homes during the winter.
